A strange series produced some predictably strange stats.

Even in just five games, the 2018 World Series produced some all-time statistics. Game 3 alone could be the subject of a case study, going 18 innings and involving virtually every player on each team’s roster.

In the end, the Red Sox emerged victorious. Boston, a 108-win team during the regular season, was a statistical masterpiece.

Still, their World Series win also produced a plethora of offbeat stats. To that end, here’s a look at some of the stranger stats from the 2018 Fall Classic:

First and last

Chris Sale became the first pitcher since Hall of Famer Hal Newhouser of the Detroit Tigers in 1945 to get the first and last outs of a World Series.

Bucking history

The Red Sox shook off their Game 3 loss in 18 innings to win Game 4 later in the day. That’s been an unusual development based on recent history:

We looked at what happened the last 10 times a postseason game went extra innings, and the two teams played again the next day with no off day in between. The results: 9-1 in favor of the team that won the extra-inning game. #WorldSeries#Dodgers#RedSoxpic.twitter.com/Q57TIfFCBh

Equalling a legend

World Series MVP Steve Pearce totaled three home runs in approximately the span of 24 hours in Games 4 and 5. In doing so, he matched the World Series career total of David Ortiz, who also had three (playing in three World Series’).

Steve Pearce has as many World Series home runs as David Ortiz did. In about 24 hours.

Surviving a slump

The Red Sox endured a pronounced slump from the top four hitters in the lineup during all of Game 3, and into Game 4. It reached 41 at-bats without a hit until Steve Pearce’s timely home run tied the game (leading to a Boston win).

Steve Pearce's home run snapped a 0-for-41 skid from hitters 1-4 in Red Sox lineup.

Bad timing turned on its head

After never experiencing a hitless streak lasting more than eight at-bats in the regular season, Mookie Betts – winner of the American League batting title in 2018 – was mired in an 0-13 streak in Game 5.